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RSA keys are composite numbers. Bruteforcing them involves factoring, not trying 2^n possibilities. A bruteforce of a 1024-bit RSA key possible to be published this decade and likely by 2030.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_number_field_sieve



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